1. Confucius, an ancient educator, once said, "Only by teaching impermanent teachers can you make impermanent friends." This sentence emphasizes the importance of education for talent training. If simply helping the poor solve their immediate problems, but not helping them improve their knowledge and ability, then this kind of help is short-term and difficult to solve the problems in the long run.
Socrates, another ancient educator, once said, "True ignorance is not knowing what you don't know." This sentence emphasizes the importance of knowledge and education to individuals and society. If simply helping the poor solve the problem of food and clothing, but not helping them improve their knowledge and ability, then this kind of help is one-sided and it is difficult to really change their living conditions.
There is a famous inspirational story: a young man asked an old man, "What should I do if I want to be a successful businessman?" The old man replied, "You should study hard and improve your knowledge and ability." The young man asked again, "Then how can I make money?" The old man replied, "If you just want to make money, you will never make much money." If you want to be truly successful, you should first pay attention to your own ability and value, and then create wealth through your own ability and value. "
The famous sayings and stories mentioned above all express the importance of knowledge and education to individuals and society. Although solving the poverty problem is also an important task, if we simply solve the immediate problems without helping people improve their knowledge and ability, then this kind of help is one-sided and it is difficult to really change their living conditions. Therefore, I think the view that "treating fools is more important than treating poverty" is correct.